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County teams stay busy in preliminary-round playoffs

With the inclusion of an open tournament format this year, the basketball postseason has featured a flurry of preliminary-round playoff games as teams jockey to earn a spot at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor.

Michaud earns Mars Hill Open title

The 18th annual Alton McQuade Mars Hill Open was held Aug. 15 and 16 at the Mars Hill Country Club, with Ralph Michaud of Presque Isle emerging as the overall winner.

County chambers seek new ways to create income amid virus cancellations

This is no ordinary summer in Aroostook County.

Fourth of July may be different this year, but fireworks are still possible

The current environment of social distancing may have doused possibilities for large Fourth of July picnics and celebrations this year, but fireworks displays can be enjoyed both privately and from afar.

County stores come up with ways to satisfy customers’ needs under Mills mandate

Starting Thursday, business owners must regulate how many shoppers are allowed inside their stores in an effort to promote greater social distancing in an effort to stop the spread of the coronavirus.

Windstorm knocks out power in at least a dozen Aroostook County communities

More than a dozen communities in Aroostook County are experiencing outages as a powerful wind storm makes its way through Maine today.

Caribou athlete among six awarded $5,000 hall of fame scholarships

Alex Ezzy of Caribou High School is among this year’s recipients of the 2019 Maine Sports Hall of Fame Scholar-Athlete Awards.

Outgoing university system chancellor commends UMPI progress

University of Maine System Chancellor James H. Page, a native of Caribou and a graduate of the University of Maine at Fort Kent, hosted his last campus town hall meeting in Aroostook County on Friday.

Caribou man sentenced to 3 years for failing to register as a sex offender

A federal judge Tuesday sentenced a Caribou man to 3 years in prison for failing to register in Maine as a sex offender.

Two new troopers assigned to Troop F in Aroostook

Fourteen new troopers, including two who will patrol in Aroostook County, graduated on April 12 from the Maine Criminal Justice Academy in Vassalboro.

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